diff --git a/dumux/mixeddimension/facet/gmshdualfacetgridcreator.hh b/dumux/mixeddimension/facet/gmshdualfacetgridcreator.hh
index 28d14337810089374e33cd4cbe867e0edafa21d3..6f9617a2b678eaac84f5b71ffabcacd3f79445d1 100644
--- a/dumux/mixeddimension/facet/gmshdualfacetgridcreator.hh
+++ b/dumux/mixeddimension/facet/gmshdualfacetgridcreator.hh
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ public:
 
             switch (elemType)
             {
+                case 15: // points
+                {
+                    // do nothing for points
+                    break;
+                }
+
                 case 1: // 2-node line
                 {
                     // the geometry type for lines